Loading-barge for vessels.



No. 858,180. PATBNTED JUNE 25, 1907.

' .P. V. HE'TZEL.

LOADING BARGE FOR VBSSELS. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 5. 1907.

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FREDERIC v. ,HETzELl or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR To",

LINK-BELT COMPANY, or oHIoAGo, ILLINOIS, A ooRPoRATIoN oE ILLL NoIs.

LOADING-BARGE FOB VESSELS.

f To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC V. HETZEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainjlmproveinentsin Loading Barges for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

)ly invention relates to cert-ain improve- -ments in barges for loading vessels With coa-l. Io The main object of the invention is to provide means whereby the coal vcan be crushed to a size after it is received on the barge and before its deliveryto the vessel so that it can be readily handled on board the vessel by conveying mechanism.

The coal usually delivered to steam-ships is known asfrun of mine, that is, it is. bituminous coal of all sizes ranging from very large lumps to powder, and it is practically impossible to handle this coal on board a ship by means of endless `conveying mechanism.

By my invention, I so construct'the barge that a conveyer can be used to receive the rim of mine coal from the bins on the barge, and carry it to a 4crusher which reduces the coal to a given size. The coal is then transferred to the said conveyer which delivers it to the chutesthrough which it passes to ythe vessel.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1,.

is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved loading barge for vessels; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 3 5 Fig. 1 Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, is an enlarged sectional view of the extreme lower portion of the barge showing the conveyer i certain mechanism of Fig. 1.

l A is the hull of the barge which maybe of any shape desired, and in this hull is aseries 'of bins B in which the coal is delivered from the dock in any suitable manner.

5o- D is a truss structure mounted on the deck Specification o'f Letters Patent.

Application filed March 5, 1907. Serial No. 360,688.

su portedv throughout its entire leng from one end of the bar e to the other.

of the barge'fand consisting of a series of Patented June 25, 19Q7.

masts D connected together by truss mein-l bers d and braced at each end by truss meme bers d although the form of this'v trussstructure will vary according to circumstances.

` In the present instance the bottom ofthe hull is extended as at A Fig. 4, to'form a rungway `for the lower run of the 'conveye'iA C which is of the gravity discharge type and consists of two chains cc and the bucket c. The trough E which 'extends the full length of the barge has sides e-e formed in the lpresent instance by channel bars which also support the chains cv--c of the conveyer. T h cbnveyer chains pass around the wheel C and idlers. C2 as shown in Fig. 1, the driving wheel C in the'present instance being driven by any suitable motor; TheV 0011-. veyer chains also pass around idlers Cs which so direct the conveyer that it will travel in a horizontal path at a point between the upper and the lower run -for a purpose fullyv def scribed hereafter. l` B-, B are the reciprocating discharge platforms which allow a certain uantity of coal to pass from the bins onto t e trough E in" front of the buckets at each reci rocation.

Referring to Fig. 5, which il ustrates one .4

vplatform and the operating mechan'sim, di-

rectly above the platform isvan openlng b in fiothe bottom of the bin B. The'platform is mounted on Wheels bf ada ted to travel on tracks F suspended from 't 'e bottom ofthe bin. Reciprocating motion is im arted to the platform through a longitudinav frame G consisting of vside bars g and cross bars g, gz and g3. Attached to the en d cross bar g' is an eccentric rod h attached to an eccentric strap h mounted on an eccentric hz on a. shaft H adapted to suitable bearings. `0n 9o this shaft is a pinion ha which meshes with'a gear Wheel h* on the shaft C4 of one of the 1dlersC2, the shaft` deriving its motion from 'the endless conveyer C. On the cross bar g' are Wheels g* Which travel in Ways and' 'on the cross bar g3 are Wheels g5 which travel' on the ltracks F, thus the frameri's properlythjas it wil be understood that the frame .extends -Each latform- B Tis connected to the;- rame 'G y a hooked bar bl Whichjcanjbe raised and held clear of the frame when. desired. The bar b2 is-pivoted to the platform and engages the cross-bar g2 as shown by Figs. 5 and 6. By simply lifting these bars and attaching them to a chain as shown in Fig. 5, any'particular slide can be disconnected, and the flow of coal from that particular bin will be discontinued. The upper run of the conveyer C travels over a trough E supported by the truss structure D and the coal is discharged from this trough through valved openings into hoppers J which communicate with the telescopic chutes J of the ordinary type. These chutes are properly supported so as to direct thev coalI through openings in the side of the vessel. The coal can either flow directly in the coalt bunkers or into the conveyer m in the vessel M as shown in Fig. 2, to be conveyed to any point desired.

At one end of the barge is a crushei I having rolls in the present instance, although any form of' crusher maybe used without departing from my invention. The .conveyer C is directed over -the crusher by the id'lers- C3 Figs. l and 7, and there is a short trough Iv terminating at an opening i2 through which the coal passes to the crusher. In the type of conveyer shown, the coal is carried up in the buckets from the lower run to the trough I and sdiScharged onto the trough andv pushed forward/.by the buckets,

the"coalfpassinghthreuglfthe opening 'i2 as above set forth and through the Crusher, the rolls of the Crusher-being so set as to break up the coal to a given size.

N is a conveyer arranged to travel transversely to the direction of travel of the main conveyer C. This conveyer has chains n and buckets n similar to the conveyer C andl passes over wheels N', one of which may be a driving Wheel.

-P is a boot into which the coal falls from the crusher and the conveyer buckets a will remove the coal from this boot and carry it up and discharge it onto a platform P having an opening p, the coal flowing through this o ening and through a chute S which directs t e coal in to a trough I2 forming a continuation of the trough I. The vbuckets'c o f the main conveyer C pick u the coal again at this point and lift it to t e upper trough E and-1t is pushed forward on this trough until it reaches a discharge opening where it flows into a hopper J, and from the hopper into a chute J.

Thus itjwill be seen that while the coal is in Y transit from the bin in the hull of the barge to the point of discharge, it is crushed to the roper size so that it can be readily handled by conveying mechanism in the vessel.

I claim 1. The combination-cfa barge, an upper and a lower run, an endless conveyer arranged to travel on the said runs, a crusher, midway between the upper and lower runs forcrushing the coal to size, said conveyer beingdeilected so as to discharge the coal into the crusher as it is conveyed from the lower to the upper run, and means for discharging the crushed coal onto-the conveyer at a point beyond the Crusher so that it can be carried to the upper run, substantially as described. i

2. The combination of a barge, a bin in the barge, an elevated structure mounted on the barge, atrough below the bin, and a trough carried by the elevated structure, an endless conveyer having buckets and arranged. to travel on the u per and lower runs, means for deflecting tlh conveyer between the upper and the lower runs, a Crusher mounted under the deflected portion of the said conveyer and receiving coal from the said conveyer, and a secondary conveyer for delivering the crushed coal to the main conveyer at a point beyond the Crusher, substantially as described.

'onee'nd of the barge, means for detlecting the conveyer at this point so that the buckets will carry the coal from the lower trough and discharge it onto the mid trough, an opening at the end of said trough, a Crusher directly below the opening through which` the coal must pass so that it will be crushed to size, a transversely arranged conveyer for lifting the crushed coal to a point above the deflected portion of the main conveyer, and a chute delivering the crushed coal to the main conveyer at a point beyond the Crusher, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a barge, a bin in the barge, a conveyer trough under the bin, a structure mounted on the barge, a conveyer trough on said structure, an endless conveyer arranged to travel on the upper and lower troughs, means for deiiecting the elevating portion of the conveyer, two troughs directly under this dellected portion of the conveyer, va Crusher mountedunder the troughs so that the material carried Jfrom the lower trough will be discharged onto the first of the two troughs, and pushed by the conveyer over the end and into the Crusher, a transversely arranged. endless conveyer having buckets, a boot for said conveyer into which TOO IIO

eeego I I 3 the crushed coa felis, a-ylatform above the' n testimony whereof, have signed my sa troughs, and le-,ving an opening and a. name to this spec'cation, in the ypx'esex'loe of chute eadg from the opening to a point4 two subscribing witnesses. above the second of the two toughs so that FREDERIC V. HETZEL. the coal Wil be crushed and reeveed to Witnesses:

the main eon'veyer before its discharge into WM, A. BARR,

l the vessel, substantially as described. I JOS. H. KLEIN. 

